Voiebyen

Voiebyen is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The district has a population of about 6,000 people in 2014 and it is a part of the borough of Vågsbygd in the southwestern part of the city. The district of Vågsbygd lies to the north, and the district of Flekkerøy lies to the south on the island of Flekkerøya.

District Voiebyen
District in Kristiansand
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58.1058°N 07.9557°E / 58.1058; 07.9557
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyVest-Agder
MunicipalityKristiansand
BoroughVågsbygd
Elevation33 m (108 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total6,000
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-030112
Websitekristiansand.kommune.no

Voie Church is located in the district. Voiebyen has one junior high school, Møvik Skole and two elementary schools: Torkelsmyra skole and Voie skole.

Politics

The 10 largest political parties in Voiebyen in 2015:

Kristiansand city council votes from Voiebyen 2015[2]
Labour Party27.5% (654 votes)
Conservative Party27% (642 votes)
Christian Democratic Party15.5% (368 votes)
Progress Party7.7% (183 votes)
The Democrats5.6% (134 votes)
Green Party3.5% (84 votes)
Socialist Left Party2.3% (55 votes)
Pensioners' Party2% (48 votes)
Red1.8% (42 votes)
Centre Party0.8% (31 votes)
Others1.8% (44 votes)
Total2383 votes

Transportation

Local city buses are available from 5:00 am until 1:00 am. Bus line M2 follows the Voie ringvei road and ends in the district of Hånes 3-5 times during the day. Lines 05 and 02 go only a few times in the morning and afternoon. Line 50 follows County road 456 out of Voiebyen to the neighboring municipality of Søgne.

Bus transportation from/through Voiebyen
LineDestination [3]
M1Flekkerøy - Sørlandsparken Dyreparken-IKEA
M1Flekkerøy - Kvadraturen
M2Voiebyen - Hånes
M2Voiebyen - Hånes-Lauvåsen
D2Voiebyen - Kvadraturen
D2Voiebyen - Kvadraturen-UiA
N2Flekkerøy - Voiebyen - Kvadraturen
05Andøya - Vågsbygd kirke
05Andøya - Kvadraturen
05Andøya - Kvadraturen-UiA
09Bråvann - Vågsbygd kirke
09Bråvann - Kvadraturen
09Bråvann - Kvadraturen-UiA
50Søgne - Kristiansand
50Søgne - Kristiansand-UiA

Roads

County Road 456 goes through Voiebyen before exiting Kristiansand municipality on its way to Søgne. It is the old main road out of Kristiansand westbound. County Road 457 starts where 456 takes a turn for the west. 457 ends at Flekkerøy after going through a 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) long tunnel. The Voie ringvei road follows a path around Voiebyen.

Neighbourhoods
  • Møvig Junior High
  • Møvik
  • Flekkerøyhavn
  • Skonnertveien
  • Ternevig
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References
  1. "Voiebyen, Kristiansand (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  2. "VG - Valgnatt" (in Norwegian). vg.no. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  3. "AKT".
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